Question regarding a section of the manual concerning the RWR
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hello friendly gents.
i’ve been having a discussion with someone lately about how to read a certain section in the manual, it concerns page 153 of the TO-BMS1F-16CM-1 and to be more specific this bit
Move up to the TWP (THREAT WARNING PRIME) and perform the bits on the RWR suite. These tests might be different according to the selected F-16 variant. These are relevant to the ALR-56 RWR:
Depress the SYS TEST button and check the indication on the RWR displays. Then check the MSL LAUNCH indicator and AUDIO by depressing the indicator. Once satisfied the system runs normally, depress the Handoff button. This sets the RWR to diamond float mode. This item is very often overlooked and if omitted will prevent the RWR suite from warning you of threats!from how i’m reading this performing a system test is essential for correct working of the RWR, but it could also be read as in, having your handoff button pressed once is essential. then again the picture is showing an RWR during it’s BIT test. so confusion all around here…
is someone smarter than me willing to clarify this issue?
edit: just to clarify, i’m not after realism, just facts as they concern BMS and how it’s implemented
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If I understand correctly, the test has nothing to do with the line you put in bold. What it refers to (imo) is that the RWR needs to be in diamond float mode in order to warn you about threats, but that depressing Handoff is often forgotten.
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i didn’t put the line in bold… it is bold in the manual, as such i made it bold in the copy paste of the manual section.
that entire bit is 1 paragraph. with no line seperation.and every paragraph before and since contains 1 item per flow of the rampstart. hence the confusion
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Diamond float is one of the four handoff modes. The others being Transient, Latched, and Normal.
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I’m not really sure how this is confusing. It is giving you instructions on how to test the RWR, and then it tells you that once you are finished testing you should turn on diamond float mode. Diamond float mode can be considered essential because while it is off you will not receive warnings of radar locks on your aircraft.
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Normal mode should alert you to new threats and missile launches, but it doesn’t provide as much situational awareness as Diamond Float.
This is covered in TO-BMS1F-16CM-34-1-1, p. 48, under 1.5 RADAR WARNING RECEIVERS.
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i didn’t put the line in bold… it is bold in the manual, as such i made it bold in the copy paste of the manual section.
that entire bit is 1 paragraph. with no line seperation.and every paragraph before and since contains 1 item per flow of the rampstart. hence the confusion
Unfortunately, confusion depends on the reader. Some will be confused, some not. The author can do it’s best to avoid it but whatever he does, some will always remain confused.
If I wanted to say that the SYS TEST Was critical and often omitted to correct use of the RWR I would have written:
Depress the SYS TEST button and check the indication on the RWR displays. Then check the MSL LAUNCH indicator and AUDIO by depressing the indicator. Once satisfied the system runs normally, depress the Handoff button. This sets the RWR to diamond float mode.
This item is very often overlooked and if omitted will prevent the RWR suite from warning you of threats!but I wrote
Depress the SYS TEST button and check the indication on the RWR displays. Then check the MSL LAUNCH indicator and AUDIO by depressing the indicator. Once satisfied the system runs normally, depress the Handoff button. This sets the RWR to diamond float mode. This item is very often overlooked and if omitted will prevent the RWR suite from warning you of threats!
The lack of carriage returns makes the bold section refer to the Handoff mode, not the SYS test as it would in the first example I didn’t write
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thanks for the clarification red dog. it might’ve been a language barrier issue on my end but i wanted to be sure about this. now i am